October 15, 2025
Ontario’s trial courts have launched a new digital transformation initiative for the Toronto region.
October 10, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 9-0 in a Quebec appeal that filing and serving a notice to seize property counts as a judicial application interrupting the 10-year deadline to collect payment on a judgment — thereby restarting for a further 10 years the “extinctive prescription” period (comparable to a limitation period in the common law provinces) that applies to rights resulting from most money judgments under art. 2924 of the Civil Code of Québec.
October 09, 2025
The federal government has removed about half of its controversial 140-page omnibus “strong borders” bill (C-2) and inserted excised measures into a newly introduced 70-page “immigration and borders” bill (C-12), which proposes many of the same immigration changes that critics had called on Ottawa to scrap.
October 09, 2025
British Columbia is introducing amendments to improve consumer protection laws, allowing consumers to benefit from stronger tools for protection against credit-related fraud and to “support confident financial decision-making.”
October 09, 2025
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal and cross-appeal relating to the question of validity and enforcement of transactions in a case where the appellants claimed a Saskatchewan credit union could not carry on business in Alberta.
October 03, 2025
The legal classification of crypto assets in securities law has been brought into question following a ruling by Quebec’s Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal. The tribunal held that the nature of a crypto and its potential classification as an investment contract may vary depending on the “economic reality” surrounding each transaction.
October 03, 2025
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP has announced that Jeffrey Bradshaw has been appointed co-chair of the Canadian restructuring group in Vancouver.
October 02, 2025
Dentons has announced the appointment of John Cusano as office managing partner in Calgary, effective Oct. 1, 2025.
October 01, 2025
Robins Appleby LLP has announced that Ananta Sriram and Darya Maltseva have joined the firm as associates.
September 26, 2025
On Sept. 25, judges, attorneys general, leaders of law associations and others met for Ontario’s opening of the courts ceremony, discussing various strategies that have been and will be undertaken to improve access to justice. This included digitization and reformation of the Rules of Civil Procedure.